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It has been another interesting month in the

EXHIBITION DIARY – FEBRUARY–APRIL 2022

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“Model Rail magazine’s ethos is to encourage modellers

Moving on from Franwood

A desire to feature wagons led Neil Woodbine and his partner Sue to create ‘Farbine Road’, an alternative to their previous show layout

Present your case

If there’s a prototype that you think needs to be offered ready-to-run, here’s the place to voice your opinion…

Behind the Backscene

In the penultimate instalment of Behind the Backscene, green-fingered Richard Proudman reveals his love for Leicester Tigers, Formula 1 and the Great Central Railway

BACHMANN’S SPRING 2022 ANNOUNCEMENTS

In common with other manufacturers, Bachmann Europe has

RAPIDO LBSCR ‘E1’ IS GO!

00 GAUGE First mooted as a joint Model

DB RED ‘90’ EXCLUSIVE EDITION FROM KERNOW

00 GAUGE Kernow Model Rail Centre has teamed

IRISH MAGNESITE WAGONS FROM IRM

00 GAUGE The latest addition to Irish Railway

TRACTOR REPAIRS

HO SCALE This new figure/diorama set from Busch

Modeller’s Bookshelf

This quartet of new books has kept the Editor occupied over the cold, winter evenings

TREE SURGEON’S A CUT ABOVE

This useful pack provides a quick and easy

ON THE WORKBENCH

George Dent looks at the new products to land on his workbench this month

FOREST STARTER SET

ANY GAUGE This useful set by Noch includes

MINERS AND DOUBLE FAIRLIE CREW

ANY GAUGE 009 GAUGE New from Modelu is

GRAFFITI DECALS

HO SCALE 00 GAUGE This useful sheet of

… and finally

Unusual scenes captured by the lens of Chris Nevard…

Staf f Show & Tell Shed diorama take 2

With no time to work on his main layout projec t this month, George Dent concentrated on finishing off a new diorama

Show & Tell

The place to share your projects with the Model Rail community

Inside track with Ben Ando

Ben Ando is the founder of Revolution Trains and a regular contributor to Model Rail.

According to Chris...

…two manufacturers releasing models of the same thing never works out well for anyone

A revelation in elevation

The lockdown gave Keith Pell the time to build a tribute to the Great Central Railway, and where it ran through Leicester cit y

Great Western celebrity

Determined to finish a layout, Greg Brown began posting updates on the build on social media, and found he had a celebrity on his hands

AIMING for the light

Track plans to get you thinking in three dimensions

HOW TO BUILD BADGERS DEAN COLLIERY

EXPERT MODELLERS SHOW YOU HOW

HOW TO SCRATCHBUILD IN ‘N’ GAUGE

Grahame Hedges recreates the rear façade of a real building, using a novel approach to scratchbuilt construction

HOW TO BUILD A CONCRETE RAIL OVERBRIDGE

Always up for a modelling challenge, Peter Marriott set himself the task of building a bridge from scratch using foam sheets… and he’s glad that he did!

HOW TO CREATE THE LOOK OF SPRING

Peter Marriott tests various ways of making the best looking snowdrops (or any small flowering plant)

HOW TO TAKE THE STING OUT OF ‘ WASP’ STRIPES

This is where our team of experienced modellers answer YOUR questions. Email your queries about railways – real or model – to modelrail@bauermedia.co.uk

KNOW YOUR… LIVERIES

PART 6: Early days on the Western region

Notes from the Workshop DAVE LOWERY’S TOP TIPS

A BACKSCENE TO BE BELIEVED For years I

SOUTHERN COLOURS

Q I’m looking to create a hobby room

EASY POINT RODDING

Q Do you have any tips for replicating

MODERN BUFFERSTOPS

Q I need a set of plate steel-type

BASEBOARD BASICS

Q I’m new to railway modelling and would

Heljan Class 86/4

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Masterpiece Models Class 52 ‘Western’

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Dapol Vanwide/VEA

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Scenic mats from Ammo

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Hornby 20T NCB brake van

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